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Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 26, 1985 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.5-Mile Superspeedway 400 Laps/600 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 400 | 180 | 90,733 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 400 | 175 | 49,300 | Running | |
| 3 | 16 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Buick | 400 | 170 | 30,900 | Running | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 399 | 170 | 49,238 | Running | |
| 5 | 18 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 398 | 155 | 24,000 | Running | |
| 6 | 25 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 397 | 150 | 16,055 | Running | |
| 7 | 28 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folger's Chevrolet | 396 | 146 | 10,600 | Running | |
| 8 | 15 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 396 | 142 | 14,695 | Running | |
| 9 | 6 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee Pontiac | 394 | 143 | 12,575 | Running | |
| 10 | 31 | 1 | Dick Brooks | Exxon Chevrolet | 393 | 0 | 9,000 | Running | |
| 11 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited Oldsmobile | 392 | 130 | 10,940 | Running | |
| 12 | 41 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | All Pro Auto Parts Chevrolet | 392 | 127 | 8,970 | Running | |
| 13 | 17 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 391 | 124 | 13,255 | Running | |
| 14 | 11 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 391 | 121 | 9,830 | Running | |
| 15 | 13 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 388 | 118 | 13,085 | Running | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 384 | 120 | 16,450 | Running | |
| 17 | 32 | 05 | Slick Johnson | Spohn Racing Ford | 383 | 112 | 5,100 | Running | |
| 18 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 379 | 114 | 46,783 | Running | |
| 19 | 42 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale | U.S. Racing Chevrolet | 379 | 106 | 7,975 | Running | |
| 20 | 27 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | 375 | 103 | 4,650 | Transmission | |
| 21 | 40 | 82 | Mark Stahl | Auto Bell Car Wash Ford | 375 | 100 | 3,800 | Running | |
| 22 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Vinton Motors Ford | 367 | 97 | 6,465 | Rear End | |
| 23 | 35 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 362 | 94 | 6,005 | Running | |
| 24 | 30 | 84 | Mike Alexander | Sims Brothers Construction Chevrolet | 353 | 91 | 3,050 | Running | |
| 25 | 10 | 00 | Morgan Shepherd | Helen Rae Special Chevrolet | 341 | 88 | 3,100 | Oil Leak | |
| 26 | 29 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 310 | 85 | 9,050 | Engine | |
| 27 | 8 | 21 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew Chevrolet | 286 | 82 | 2,500 | Ignition | |
| 28 | 24 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Mell-Gear Chevrolet | 278 | 0 | 2,050 | Transmission | |
| 29 | 23 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline Buick | 270 | 76 | 4,495 | Engine | |
| 30 | 36 | 17 | Lennie Pond | McCord Gaskets Chevrolet | 261 | 78 | 4,125 | Engine | |
| 31 | 39 | 89 | Jim Sauter | Evinrude Pontiac | 208 | 70 | 1,750 | Rear End | |
| 32 | 37 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors Pontiac | 148 | 67 | 3,965 | Oil Pressure | |
| 33 | 21 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 129 | 64 | 1,650 | Engine | |
| 34 | 20 | 95 | Sterling Marlin | Native Tan Chevrolet | 129 | 61 | 1,600 | Steering | |
| 35 | 19 | 49 | Greg Sacks | Cleaner Hands Formula Chevrolet | 125 | 0 | 3,805 | Engine | |
| 36 | 33 | 09 | Dick Trickle | Matthews Racing Chevrolet | 115 | 0 | 1,550 | Oil Leak | |
| 37 | 26 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Bull Frog Knits / Liquid Wrench Oldsmobile | 59 | 52 | 3,685 | Oil Leak | |
| 38 | 12 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Ultra Seal Ford | 29 | 49 | 3,125 | Engine | |
| 40 | 7 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Ford | 19 | 43 | 1,575 | Engine | |
| 41 | 14 | 98 | Trevor Boys | McCaig Racing Chevrolet | 10 | 40 | 1,575 | Valve | |
| 42 | 9 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen Chevrolet | 8 | 37 | 1,575 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 13 Minutes 52 Seconds
Average Speed .:141.807
Margin of Victory .: 14.000 Seconds